Non type rated easyjet recruitment?
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Just to clarify, Lord Spandex Masher (fine chap as I am sure he is) and myself are categorically NOT the same person!
Regarding the 'going rate', when 3500 highly qualified people apply for 200 jobs, do you think that rate is going to be higher or lower than if there were only 200 pilots available and several companies were competing for their services? The 'going rate' is what a company has to pay in order for people to accept, not what they would like or think they are worth. I would like to be paid £200k+ a year and be given a posh car to go with it, but, as that is somewhat more than the 'going rate', I may have to adjust my plans accordingly.
Regarding the 'going rate', when 3500 highly qualified people apply for 200 jobs, do you think that rate is going to be higher or lower than if there were only 200 pilots available and several companies were competing for their services? The 'going rate' is what a company has to pay in order for people to accept, not what they would like or think they are worth. I would like to be paid £200k+ a year and be given a posh car to go with it, but, as that is somewhat more than the 'going rate', I may have to adjust my plans accordingly.
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The number of applications is somewhat irrelevant as many will be speculative from guys in jobs that ultimately decide to sit tight.
Pilots, they're always fishing but don't always eat what they catch!
Pilots, they're always fishing but don't always eat what they catch!
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Ok... change of topic time.
I had the dubious honour of being weeded out at the aptitude stages as I couldn't control a laptop mouse down a tunnel, couldn't do the maths quick enough and had a total and utter brain meltdown on the verbal reasoning.
However, despite the contract being discussed ad infinitum, there's quite a few leaving the brownish pastures of Exeter's favourite and I'm a bit jealous.
For anyone in the know... are there any thoughts as to whether this might open up again next year? Or in actual fact, if I should take what the last battery of aptitude tests told me and go and become a carrot farmer in East Anglia??
I had the dubious honour of being weeded out at the aptitude stages as I couldn't control a laptop mouse down a tunnel, couldn't do the maths quick enough and had a total and utter brain meltdown on the verbal reasoning.
However, despite the contract being discussed ad infinitum, there's quite a few leaving the brownish pastures of Exeter's favourite and I'm a bit jealous.
For anyone in the know... are there any thoughts as to whether this might open up again next year? Or in actual fact, if I should take what the last battery of aptitude tests told me and go and become a carrot farmer in East Anglia??
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hobnobanyone - very sorry to hear of your sad demise from the process. Nonetheless, hope springs eternal and the word on the street is that we are likely to take 250 pilots for each of the next few years. There is no formal date being bandied around, but I would guess it would start during early Summer 2014 with interviews over the summer itself. I cannot guarantee that, but that would be a good guess. This is certainly not the end of the story - good luck next time.
Ut Sementem Feeceris
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EZY is positioned for expansion / contraction depending upon what happens to the global economy. The recently announced Airbus order allows us to go from the current 208 (?) airframes to circa 290 OR 160 by 2021. Expansion is muted at about 5% per year so there will of course be a requirement for new pilots.
Whether or not an unsuccessful application this year precludes future attempts I don't know.......watch this space.
Whether or not an unsuccessful application this year precludes future attempts I don't know.......watch this space.
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Central Paris is not exactly cheap nor easy to get in and out of in rush hours, so expats generally don't live in the centre of Paris. Doubt we have many living in Chelsea, Kensington or Mayfair on the rainy rock either.
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FANS - Thanks for your insight on that. I am delighted to see that has been revealed to you before it has been revealed to any employees of easyJet.
To say you haven't been told or this is not even on EZY's radar reminds me of similar stories in the 1990s about why salaries for b737/a320 RHS would always be reasonably good!
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Can anyone confirm what the requirements are to join the command waiting list in Easyjet. Under the NEC has it changed? I was told during selection that you could join the bottom of the list after 2 successful sims and meeting the required factored hours.
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Hi everyone. Offered a position at CDG. Could someone confirm whether easyJet pay you in France through the french tax system (and if so the rates) or whether its paid through the British tax system. I'm a Brit.
Any suggestions regarding places to live/ rent etc which are cheap with easy access to the airport along with any advice regarding living in France/ working for easyJet will be gratefully received and very much appreciated (private message me)
Would love to hear from other people already working for easy in CDG or have been offered a position.
Any suggestions regarding places to live/ rent etc which are cheap with easy access to the airport along with any advice regarding living in France/ working for easyJet will be gratefully received and very much appreciated (private message me)
Would love to hear from other people already working for easy in CDG or have been offered a position.